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I just saw a preview for Monday night’s “Two and a Half Men,” and I think I’m going to have to watch it, so that I can see … John Carney.

I’ve never actually seen Carney perform, only photos of him on his web site. I’ve posted before about people with whom I share a name, including Carney the magaician, as well as:

  • An NFL kicker;
  • The immediate past lieutenant governor of Delaware, who — after losing an election for governor last year — was strongly considered to replace Joe Biden in the Senate;
  • A St. Louis radio personality — whose father was named Jack and was an even better-known radio personality. This one is particularly funny because my father goes by Jack and both of us have worked in local radio at one time or another.
  • A district attorney in northern Middle Tennessee.

I’m not related to any of the other John Carneys in any way I know of. (Way back, of course, we’re probably all related somehow.)

Anyway, the “Two and a Half Men” episode apparently deals with Jon Cryer’s character having a birthday. In the promo, Cryer is shown saying something about wanting a magician at his party, and then I caught a glimpse of John Carney holding up playing cards as if doing a trick. I recognized John Carney immediately from his web site photos and caricatures.

As I said, I’ll have to tune in Monday and see him.

  • chris

    Don't forget John Carney, writer and director of the 2006 surprise movie hit “Once”.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=741585900 Sterling Camden

    Hey John, remember me? The ORU Alumni newsletter put me on the webtrail of your site. How've things been these 25+ years?

  • http://lakeneuron.com LakeNeuron

    Wow — talk about a blast from the past! How are you? What are you up to?

    For a year or so after graduation, I killed time at a radio station in
    Oklahoma, thinking that I was going to get into scriptwriting working for a
    husband and wife who had been professors of mine at ORU. That fell through,
    I moved home to Tennessee, and I've been with the local newspaper ever
    since. I'm active in foreign short-term mission trips — that's what the
    self-published novel is about — and I'm a certified United Methodist lay
    speaker, meaning I sometimes substitute as a preacher when an ordained
    minister is unavailable. I'm about to start rehearsals for a community
    theater play. Pretty dull life, huh?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sterling-Camden/741585900 Sterling Camden

    Hey John, remember me? The ORU Alumni newsletter put me on the webtrail of your site. How've things been these 25+ years?

  • http://lakeneuron.com LakeNeuron

    Wow — talk about a blast from the past! How are you? What are you up to?

    For a year or so after graduation, I killed time at a radio station in
    Oklahoma, thinking that I was going to get into scriptwriting working for a
    husband and wife who had been professors of mine at ORU. That fell through,
    I moved home to Tennessee, and I've been with the local newspaper ever
    since. I'm active in foreign short-term mission trips — that's what the
    self-published novel is about — and I'm a certified United Methodist lay
    speaker, meaning I sometimes substitute as a preacher when an ordained
    minister is unavailable. I'm about to start rehearsals for a community
    theater play. Pretty dull life, huh?